Here is that "secular" WISE "non-church" organization doing what they do best. Trying to sucker money out of people for scientology stuff. Funny, they announced this "SMP" was going to completed and opened in the summer time. Still not done. Not because of lack of money -- it was one of those projects that was a Miscavige folly that was always going to be paid for by scientology funds. Almost certainly there is a typical Miscavige story behind the facade -- he has been threatening to "close down" Gold for decades. Whenever he is pissed off about something he tells Gold "I am … [Read more...]
Scientology Wants Your Money. NOW.
They are really pouring it on to try and make some money before the end of the year. For most staff, the ONLY paycheck they receive that exceeds $100 is at XMas when there is an annual "bonus" that is paid based on "production" (which means income). So, they pull out all the stops. Including informing the sheeple that at this time of year (?) "the US Government will back up your Bridge progress." Scientology always prefers hubris over humility. And scientology ALWAYS has a reason for you to give them your money. Immediately. Before the world ends. Before Thursday at … [Read more...]
The Best Scientology Fundraising Event Is A Front-Page-Headline Disaster – Paris Edition
Scientology is busily engaged in one of their favorite pass-times. Using a tragedy to squeeze money out of people. And you can bet the below example is just one of many pitches being made. The IAS is no doubt having a great week. As I commented earlier today, the scientology fundraisers motto is: The best type of fundraising event is a front-page-headline tragedy. Here are a few facts: WTH booklets cost about 10c a piece to print, so the 250,000 copies for Paris is a $25,000 investment. Double it for inefficiency, shipping and handling and call it $50,000. The WTH Foundation … [Read more...]
Wise Getting In On The Boogie Man Pitch
It is a time honored tradition that creating enemies and instilling fear is an effective method of fundraising. It's much easier to get money by preaching hellfire and brimstone than to appeal to people's benevolence to support the good works you do. It's the difference between the TV evangelist and the Salvation Army. Per capita the TV evangelist extracts orders of magnitude more from their marks. Scientology has refined this technique and employs it from someone's first contact to their last dollar. Imagine if you had no "Ruin" and were not convinced you had a reactive mind ravaging y … [Read more...]
Making A Living “Busting Psychs”
Our old friend Ken Kramer has gotten himself into the fundraising business. It seems to have become part of the ethnicity of being a scientologist. You can bet that he is making his living doing this. He found a little niche and is making a pitch for people to give him money to "destroy the psychs" -- he is a mini-IAS! And what better subject to get scientologists going than psychiatry. They are the ultimate boogeymen -- sent here from the planet Farsec to torture and maim the people of earth. The whole track implanters. The SPs that by nature of their diploma all want to do terrible … [Read more...]
Click Here For Commendation
The crassness has reached new lows. "Do" minimally $100 and "CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR COMMENDATION." Those commendations must really be something.... (you can see my version above) John Oliver was right once again on his show last night. If you want to give money to a fake church, give it to scientology. Like most SO members, she doesn't seem to be too good with math. Correctly noting there are 7.365 BILLION uncleared people on earth, she figures they need "thousands or millions" of auditors. Afraid thousands isn't going to cut it. Even a million means each … [Read more...]
LRH Monument To Fundraising
Laurie Webster, vampire extraordinaire has continued to haunt those she previously bled dry for the SP Building in the hopes they have a bit more to give. The pitch isn't as dramatic as it was for the SP Building. She can no longer promise that by giving money you would make planetary clearing a reality with the release of Super Power (how is that planetary clearing working out Laurie?). So she has a new pitch to try and get her message heard among the demands for money for the IAS, Ideal Orgs, Planetary Dissemination, Narconon, CCHR, Criminon, book … [Read more...]
More IAS Lies
Here we go again... A definition: Disaster capitalism is the practice of generating profits based on the occurrence of a disaster. Next to that definition in the dictionary is the photo above. These IAS people have no shame. Let's put this latest pathetic plea into perspective. 1. What Dominica needs is NOT Volunteer Ministers -- it is money, clothing, food, construction workers and equipment. 2. IF Dominica really needed "Volunteer Ministers" and scientology really WAS about humanitarian aid, the Freewinds would have been despatched there 3 days ago and the entire crew c … [Read more...]
Where’s The IAS When You Need Them?
I thought the 4th Dynamic Campaigns were funded by the IAS? They say it often enough in their magazine and at their events. What the hell does this "rock and fortress of humanity" do other than take money from people and give them gaudy trophies? Here is Barbara Kalergis begging for people to donate shit for a "garage sale" to raise money to fund Criminon, right there in the home of the largest concentration of scientologists on earth and the home of IAS Administrations, and Criminon International and ABLE International. Surely the IAS could toss Criminon the coins that fall between … [Read more...]
Miscavige Media Madness
A few days ago I posted something about David Miscavige's response to the Tampa Bay Times -- Miscavige Media Handling. And now this. An article published in Business Insider yesterday continuing the discussion about John Oliver's brilliant piece on televangelists and tax exemption. (And, in case you missed it, Oliver took another jab at scientology in his show last Sunday). What is remarkable here is not the article itself. It contains virtually no new news other than an inaccurate statement from Anthony Ole, the president of Trinity Foundation where he seems to think sci … [Read more...]